In a world where the use of OTT platforms has become rampant including India, many people have gotten into the habit of spending their spare time watching content on streaming services including Netflix while they are on the go. But with this persistent usage of watching OTT / Netflix content on your mobile devices comes the burden of an increased cost incurred for your mobile data. Particularly for those subscribers who have prepaid data plans or mobile plans with data usage capping (non-unlimited plans).
On the brighter side, if you’re a Netflix OTT subscriber, there is a quick solution to tackle the problem of increased bills for your mobile data usage and eventually save some money. Since this problem is mostly encountered by Netflix OTT viewers who are out of their homes or offices and in the absence of wi-fi, we will focus on how to reduce data usage on your mobile devices.
So, here’s what you have to do. You should first log on to your Netflix OTT application on your mobile device. On the Netflix home page, tap on the profile icon and then go to ‘App Settings’. From there, you should tap on ‘Mobile Data Usage’ under the ‘Video Playback’ menu. On the ‘Mobile Data Usage’ menu, tap on “Save Data” and then press the Ok button.
By following the above-mentioned process and by selecting ‘Save Data’, you can now watch about six hours per GB of data. On the other hand, if you select the ‘Maximum Data’ option from the same menu, you will spend a significantly higher amount of data from your mobile phones with an increased data cost, albeit with superior video quality.
So, to sum it up, in case you usually face the problem of spending excessive data and increased phone bills while watching Netflix on your phone or any other mobile device, then you can significantly reduce your data consumption and subsequently increase your OTT viewing time while you’re on the go. We hope that Netflix users will find this money saving tip useful.